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New Year’s Day Service 2013
On January 1, the New Year’s Day Service marking the beginning of the 176th year of Tenrikyo was conducted in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. This year also marks the first year of the “three years, one thousand days” pre-anniversary period…
December 2012 Monthly Service
The last Monthly Service of 2012 was conducted at the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters on December 26, with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. In the Service prayer, after mentioning that Instruction Three was announced in October at the Autumn Grand Service, the Shinbashira went on to say,…
New Year’s Greetings from the Shinbashira
May I extend my warmest New Year’s greetings to all of you. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation for the efforts you devoted to the work of the path in your respective roles and positions during the past year. With the beginning of the new year, we…
This Month’s Message: All to the Good
Once, when a flood washed away a follower’s rice fields, he visited Oyasama to explain the situation. She then said: “Sah, sah, that’s all to the good. That’s all to the good. Now that your goods have been carried away to the bottom of the sea, it will come to…
The Year After
Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, lost ten percent of its population to the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Even a year and nine months after the disaster, the daunting task of removing the remaining wreckage continues. In November 2011, an Iwate support group began planting seedlings and flower bulbs…
November 2012 Monthly Service
The November Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters took place in the Main Sanctuary on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. In the Service prayer, after expressing appreciation for God the Parent’s boundless protection, the Shinbashira said: “All of us Yoboku will purify our minds according to…